Larry Wilmore

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Neal Brennan interviews Larry Wilmore (Nightly Show, Daily Show, Bernie Mac Show, Blackish, Insecure & much more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. ---------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 3:15 Dating, Marriage & Kids 7:30 Therapy by Proxy 8:26 Emotions 13:53 Providing 25:01 Sponsor: Mando 26:52 Sponsor: BetterHelp 28:00 God & Death 49:04 Sponsor: Rocket Money 50:24 Sponsor: Harry's 52:12 Procrastination & Messiness 1:04:15 Empath/Sociopath 1:17:08 Likes being alone 1:23:23 Health ---------------------------------------------------------- Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle ([email protected]) Sponsors: Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code [NEAL] at https://www.shopmando.com! #mandopod This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/neal and get on your way to being your best self. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to https://www.RocketMoney.com/NEAL today. Get the shaving products that always deliver. Get Harry’s. Normally their trial set is $13 but right now you can get it for just $3 at harrys.com/NEAL. Sponsor Blocks: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/blocks ---------------------------------------------------------- #podcast #comedy #mentalhealth #standup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, guys, Neil Brennan's the Blacks podcast. My guest today is a guy I've known a little bit for a long time.
0:06.6	He's a performer and writer. You would know him from the Nightly Show and Comedy Central.
0:11.5	And now he makes appearances on Bill Maher's show. And he's got a podcast called Black on the Mike.
0:16.9	Black on the air. Black on the air. I'm freestyling this.
0:19.9	He was the creator of the PJs, which you haven't thought about in a while, the co-creator of
0:27.9	Bernie Mac?
0:28.9	Co-creator the PJs, creator of the Bernie Mac show.
0:31.6	Co-creative Insecure.
0:32.8	Great.
0:33.5	Help Launch Blackish.
0:34.7	Co-creative, Grownish.
0:36.4	Rome produced first three seasons of the office.
0:38.8	Senior Black correspondent on a daily show, worked on many TV shows, all that kind of stuff.
0:43.0	And arrogant about it.
0:44.8	Did Obama's last White House correspondent?
0:47.0	Did you?
0:47.4	That was good.
0:48.8	Just got a note for the president saying that if you want another drink, you should order it now because the bar will be closing down.
0:58.2	Of course, he said the same thing about Guantanamo, so you have at least another eight years.
1:02.0	Larry Wilmore is what I'm trying to say.
1:04.8	Larry Wilmore is here, and I'm happy to have them.
1:06.5	You have your blocks, which I'm happy.
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